Queen Xiaozhuang's personal maid: Su Malagu

Chapter 55 Shunzhi and Concubine Dong E (1)
(1)

In August of the 13th year of Shunzhi (1656), Shunzhi married Dong Shi, the widow of his younger brother Bomu Bogor, into the palace.In order not to get into too much trouble with his mother Bumbutai, he just made Concubine Dong E a virtuous concubine.

From the day Concubine Dong E stepped into the Forbidden City and entered the harem, Shunzhi treated her just like Huang Taiji treated Hai Lanzhu, becoming the most favored concubine.With Concubine Dong E, Shunzhi changed his gloomy personality and became cheerful and lively, with more affection.

Bumbutai only met Concubine Dong E once after she entered the palace, and then Concubine Dong E greeted her, but she refused to see her again on the grounds that she was not feeling well.

Concubine Dong E's delicate and charming body, her tearful gaze reminded her of her sister Hai Lanzhu.

"This woman seems to be more powerful than the former concubine Chen, and she even made the emperor fascinated." Bumubutai would sneer when he thought of Concubine Dong E.

"Your Majesty, why are you angry? Since the Emperor has this Concubine Dong E, isn't he no longer obsessed with Catholicism and Buddhism? This is also a blessing." Su Mo'er comforted her.

Bumbutai thought for a while, then nodded.

"You're right, but you must not let this woman dominate the harem and disrupt the rules of the harem."

"I heard that Concubine Dong E is quite safe, with a weak personality, so don't worry too much, Madam," Su Mo'er said.

Bumbutai sighed: "Don't worry? Can you not worry? The emperor is with her all day long, and the queen and other concubines in the harem never... I'm afraid the emperor will lose his mind because of this woman."

Bumbutai kept shaking her head, Shunzhi made her more and more worried.It is absolutely impossible to manage a country well if you lose your mind and indulge in feelings. Whether the Great Qing Dynasty will be ruined by him is a question that Bumbutai has been thinking about during this time, and she feels a little restless.

"In two days, let's go and see the three little princes." Bumbutai suddenly said one day.

Su Mo'er was startled, and looked at Bumbutai.

"Your Majesty is..."

Bumbutai didn't answer her, but stood up, walked to the window, looked far away, and said slowly: "The eldest son of the emperor, Aixinjueluo Niuniu, the second son of the emperor, Aixinjueluo Fuquan, the third son of the emperor, Ziaixinjueluo Xuanye. Humph! Starting tomorrow, let's go see them one by one..."

"My lady..."

Bumbutai stopped what Su Moer was about to say.

"It's better to prepare for anything." After Bumbutai finished speaking, he sat back in the chair and closed his eyes.Su Mo'er knew that she didn't want to talk about this topic anymore.

Bumbutai was going to find an heir for the emperor. Although Su Mo'er thought it was too early, she also knew that the reason why Bumbutai did this was because he was disappointed with Shunzhi.

Shunzhi disappointed Bumbutai even more, and made him more determined that he could not be a good emperor. Two months after he made Concubine Dong E a good concubine, he ignored the objections of Bum Butai and the queen and made Concubine Dong E a noble concubine.

"Is the emperor completely disregarding the royal system and the harem system?" Bumbutai suppressed his anger.

"The children of the Qing Dynasty are the masters. Can't the children of the concubines be the masters?" Shunzhi did not show any weakness.

Bumbutai looked at Emperor Shun, and the disappointment in his eyes became more and more obvious.She shook her head slightly.

"Concubine Dong E has repeatedly come to pay respects to my mother, but my mother insists on not seeing her. Concubine Dong E..."

Before Shunzhi finished speaking, Bumbutai sneered and said: "In the eyes of the emperor, there is only that concubine Dong E, and there are no queens and other concubines, and even the mother of the Ai family. Forget it, the emperor, go back, the Ai family needs to rest gone."

Shunzhi glanced at Bumbutai and walked away.

"Hmph! Did you see it? This is the current emperor, and he wants to destroy the Qing Dynasty!" Bumubutai trembled with anger.

(2)

Concubine Dong E's status in the palace was second only to the queen, and the matter could have come to an end at this point, but Shunzhi's affection for Dong E's family has reached the point where it cannot be added.He thought that Dong E's family was virtuous and talented, and he was the best candidate for the queen, so he planned to abolish the queen for the second time.

If it is really abolished and Concubine Dong E is established as the queen, the relationship between Manchu and Mongolia will definitely be affected, and the foundation of the Qing Dynasty will inevitably be shaken.Bumbutai couldn't tolerate it anymore, and she decided to intervene in Shunzhi's stupid approach no matter what measures were taken.

"If the emperor wants to make Concubine Dong E the queen, then the emperor should kill Aijia first." After Bumubutai said this harshly, he closed his lips tightly and made an expression of death.

Shunzhi left angrily again.Unable to achieve his goal, he even ordered the Mongolian characters on the plaque of the Taimiao to be removed, and ran to Concubine Dong E to complain.

Concubine Dong E saw that the relationship between Shunzhi and Bumbutai was getting more and more rigid, but she was helpless, so she couldn't help crying.

When Shunzhi saw the tears of his beloved woman, he felt distressed: "If an emperor can't protect his beloved woman, then what kind of emperor is he? I won't be the emperor anymore."

After Shunzhi finished speaking, he was about to rush out.He wanted to go to Bumbutai again, and decided that if Bumbutai didn't allow him to make Concubine Dong E the queen, he would not be emperor.If it doesn't work, he still threatens to die.

"No! Your Majesty! No!" Concubine Dong E hugged Shunzhi tightly.

"The emperor treats his concubines well, and all the concubines know it, but the concubines don't want the emperor to fall out with the empress dowager for... for the concubines, then the concubines will become sinners. The concubines don't care whether they are queens or not, As long as the emperor has a heart for his concubines, they will be satisfied." Concubine Dong E broke down in tears as she spoke.

Looking at Concubine Dong E who was bursting into tears and choking with sobs, Shunzhi's heart twitched intermittently.

"What's so good about being an emperor? Being an emperor doesn't even have the right to choose a woman. My concubine, let's go! We are no longer in the palace, and I won't be an emperor anymore!"

Shunzhi grabbed Concubine Dong E's hand and was about to walk outside.

"No! The emperor must not say that! If the emperor does this, then the concubine will have to die." Concubine Dong E knelt on the ground at once.

"My concubine!" Shunzhi picked up Concubine Dong E.

"Your Majesty! Don't say such things again, and don't talk about setting up a concubine as a queen. The concubine only wants to serve the emperor well, and only wants the emperor to be a good emperor loved by everyone."

Concubine Dong E said seriously with tears in her eyes.

"Okay, okay! I won't say such things anymore, and I won't bring up the matter of establishing a queen anymore. But in my heart, my beloved concubine is the queen." Shunzhi said while wiping Concubine Dong E's tears.

Concubine Dong E kept nodding, and the two hugged each other tightly.

The smart and pleasant Concubine Dong E knew that although she had been favored by the emperor, she had also made many enemies in the harem, and even because of the emperor's favor, she had been pushed to the forefront.In the harem full of gunpowder, she has been isolated by all the concubines.

She had heard about the dangers of the harem before entering the palace, when she was Fujin of Bomubogor.She knew that if she wanted to survive well in the harem, she had to save herself, act cautiously, and be humble and low-key.

Concubine Dong E did it.She was never arrogant, and never neglected other concubines, even the servants.When encountering other concubines making things difficult, she also puts patience first, and never speak ill of these concubines in front of the emperor.

"Your Majesty, Concubine Dong E is humble, courteous, kind-hearted, and routinely advises the emperor to put state affairs first, so you can rest assured."

Su Moer reported to Bumbutai.

Bumbutai pondered for a moment: "It seems that she is still awake. Keep watching for me. If there is something that breaks the rules of the harem, do as I said before!"

Bumbutai's "do what he said" refers to secretly poisoning Concubine Dong E to death.When Shunzhi asked Concubine Dong E to be made queen, Bumbutai had the idea of ​​making Concubine Dong E disappear.

"With her but without me, with me without her! Tell me who to keep!" Bumbutai said angrily at Su Mo'er repeatedly speaking for Concubine Dong E, and said dissatisfiedly.

"Your Majesty, the Emperor has not appointed Concubine Dong E as Queen yet. If Your Majesty does this now, I am afraid that the Emperor will do something that will be detrimental to the Qing Dynasty. Besides, Concubine Dong E has not done anything excessive. We might as well look at it first." It depends on the situation, if Concubine Dong E really did something and violated the rules of the harem, it will not be too late for the empress to punish her." Su Mo'er carefully comforted her.

"Humph! Good! Then let her live a few more days!" Bumbutai said viciously.

Later, according to Bumbutai's will, Su Mo'er placed someone beside Concubine Dong E, and that person would also tell Su Mo'er about Concubine Dong E's words and deeds every day.From this, it can be said that Concubine Dong E saved herself from danger in the harem because of her gentle, obedient, filial piety and modest character.

(3)

History is always strikingly similar.The love between Shunzhi and Concubine Dong E, like the love between Huang Taiji and Hai Lanzhu, blossomed on the seventh day of October in the 14th year of Shunzhi (1657).

The birth of the little prince made Shunzhi and Concubine Dong E very excited, and pushed this lingering love to a climax.Although there are already three princes, the prince born to Shunzhi and Concubine Dong E is the one who makes him most happy and excited.Like Huang Taiji, in order to express his love and joy, he established the fourth prince as the prince just after he was born.

The birth of the fourth son of the emperor not only did not make Bumbutai happy, but made her very angry.

"How can a son born to a Han woman be appointed as the prince? How can the noble emperor's blood be of Han?" Bumbutai was so angry and anxious that he couldn't afford to get sick.

After Shunzhi learned the reason for Bumbutai's illness, he resented her. He even felt that it was disappointing that the queen mother was sick when he was happy with his son, and pretended not to know that she was sick, so he didn't go to see her.

"Your majesty, you must not do this! The empress dowager is the emperor's biological mother, not only the emperor is going, but also the concubines." Concubine Dong E was about to get out of bed as she said.

"My concubine is still in confinement, how can I go?" Shunzhi hurriedly stopped Concubine Dong E.

(End of this chapter)